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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Brother Laszlo" data-source="post: 82759" data-attributes="member: 1562">Say you're a 20th level fighter.  In front of you is a 20th level rogue who slept with your girl.  Behind you is a basic goblin.  It seems like you should be able to just decide to completely ignore the goblin behind you, because he's such a non-threat, and instead concentrate totally on the rogue, denying him the bonus of flanking and the deadly sneak attacks that would come with it.Are there hard rules that state some way to just decide to ignore an opponent to prevent another opponent from flanking you?Personally, I'd rule that you could choose to be flat-footed towards an opponent to ignore them.  Every attack they would make against you would be a surprise attack, but the other opponent would then have your complete attention, and not get bonuses for flanking you.</blockquote>